30 Days of Tips - Storing Large Containers

Tip #23: Large items can throw in a wrench in the best storage plans. But using those items as storage containers themselves can open up more space & create a more intentional, less cluttered look to your home.

Here is an example of over-the-refrigerator storage. Inside the fabric-lined canner, you'll find dog leashes, toys & bones. Inside the orange canister, you'll find dog treats. Inside the basket in back, you'll find our dog's supplement powder on one side and clothes pins mixed with a child's garden tool set on the other. And finally, way in the back, we've placed a tall open basket lined with a paper bag that houses old batteries until we can take them to the trash center on a toxic waste day.



Why does TTT spend so much time on creative storage? Because most of us have a single largest payment each month...the one we make to our mortgage company. By deliberately choosing to live in a smaller home, we can significantly reduce this expense. However, living in small spaces requires constant creative solutions, lest we risk becoming so dissatisfied that we start eyeing the larger homes.